Ward v. State

Citations

• 117 Miss. 847
• 78 So. 782

Syllabus

<p>¡Cbimihai. Law. Appeal. Prejudicial error. Confession.</p> <p>Where in a prosecution for arson the only evidence tending to show defendant’s guilt was his tracing by blood hounds and certain corroborative evidence that when arrested he had 'on moccasin shoes which fitted the tracks found at the scene of the crime. In such case a conviction will be reversed because of the admission in evidence of a confession extorted from the defendant by terrorism and threats of immediate death, although the court, when this fact was discovered, excluded the confession and told the jury to disregard it.</p>